Definition of "Tang"

Tang¹

/tæŋ/

proper noun
1. The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
2. The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
  Quotations
  Empress Liu (ca. 890-926 A.D.), whose birthplace was Chenan in Wei (now Chenan county, Hebei province), was the wife of Li Cunxu, who reigned as Emperor Zhuangzong, during the Tang dynasty.
  2000, Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century‎, M.E. Sharpe, page 235
3. A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
4. Any of a number of places in China.
  1. A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
    Quotations
    A biography of Hu claims that Hu's attitudes changed in 1961, after he was sent to supervise agricultural policy changes in Tang county, Hebei province.
    1996, Jasper Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine‎, The Free Press, page 328
    After determined efforts, Dwarkanath Kotnis finally arrived in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region in 1940 to be part of the Hundred-Regiment Campaign. He then moved to Gegong village, Tangxian county, Hebei province, where he performed surgeries in the line of fire.]
    , archived from the original on 13 October 2021
5. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Tang²

/tæŋ/

proper noun
plural Tangs
1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Tang³

/tæŋ/

proper noun
plural Tangs
1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Tang⁴

/tæŋ/

proper noun
plural Tangs
1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Tang⁵

/tæŋ/

proper noun
plural Tangs
1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

Tang⁶

/tæŋ/

proper noun
plural Tangs
1. A Chinese surname from Min Nan.

Tang⁷

/tæŋ/

proper noun
1. Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.